Rock and Rice
Where Filipino climbers share their story.
Host: Tim Casasola
Editor: Onbassis Rabanes
Instagram: Christine Joy
Logo: Pat Palacio
Music: Bruiser by Winchip
Rock and Rice
Latest Episodes
EP 26: Japhy Dhungana — the first Nepalese-Filipino IFMGA guide / Hosted by Gerry
Rock and Rice aims to build connections between Filipino climbers back home and abroad. We’d love to do what we can to support climbers back home with gear needs. And, we’d love to sustain this show financially. Help us out by becoming a Patron...
EP 25: Bianca & Glenn — Negros Island Rock Climbing & Balancing Climbing with Crag Stewardship
Rock & Rice exists to support climbing communities across the Philippines! Right now we're raising enough to cover our $575/month production costs. Once that's covered, every additional dollar goes directly to projects like the Pump Factory...
EP 24: Ben & Tabs — Building The Pump Factory, One Hold at a Time
What do you do when your climbing gym starts as a warehouse wall, runs on donations, and somehow becomes one of the most important climbing communities in the Philippines?In this episode, Tim and MG sit down with Ben and Tabs of The Pump...
EP 23: Tagumpay Projek Pango! Plus, Pilipinas Climbing Nationals and The Pump Fundraiser sa LBR.
Mabuhay Projek Pango! This month, we celebrate our friends Gerry Egbalic and Ivan Cataluña, who just summitted The Nose. Projek Pango was an idea born in 2023 and they summited The Nose May 2026. To our knowledge, they are the first...
EP 22: Daniel Pugeda — Privilege, Perspective, and Being Fans of Philippine Climbing
In this episode of Rock and Rice, we sit down with Daniel Pugeda — a Filipino-American climber whose first outdoor sport climb in the Philippines… was a 5.13a/7c+.But this conversation goes way beyond that wild first send.After mu...
